Carpet and rug fastener.



s. B. DONOHIAN, DEOD.

A. A. DONOEIAN, ADMINISTRATRIX.

CARPET AND RUG FASTENBR. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 4, 1910.

97,857,- Patented Dec. 6, 1910.

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/Z"/-* I" V M G/: 6 BY Unrrnn s'ra'rns SAMUEL B. DONCHiAN, or HARTFORD,-

ADMINISTRATBIX- OESAIDSA'MUEL 13'. DONGHIAN, DECEASED.

' -icaarnraivn RUG rAsrnNEia To all whom it meg concern: I Be it known that I, SAMUEL B. DoNorrIAN,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Hartford, in the county of Hartford and.

State of'Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Carpet and Rug Fastener,

of whichthe following is a specification.

.My invention relates to theclass of fats teners for removably securing a carpet or rug 1n place, and the ob ect of my invention' 1s, among others, to provide a fastener.

that may be'usedupon rugs and carpets of comparatively thin texture as well as. upon the thicker grades with little if any prominence, and one in which the element of'wear shall be reduced to a minimum.

One form of device-in the use of which the objects above mentioned maybe attained is illustrated in the accompanying drawings,

in which-- Figure l is a-view' in central vertical sectlon of' my lmproved fastener. Fla: 2 1s a detail top plan "view of the lower member.

Fig. Bis a bottom view of the fastener. 4 is a detail View in section through a portion of thefupper member showing a modified construction.

. In devices of the prior art and especially that of my Patent No. $1,320, dated 1895. the upper or outer member of the fastener rests upon. the floor and the other memher is closely fitted within it.. Owing to the smallness of the device and thethus necessarily close fitting parts, theaccumulation of but little dust or dirt underneath the lips of theouter shell or between it-and the inner member of the fastener.orbeneath the stud will prevent the latter from entering its socket sufliciently to beheld by the spring ring. Further than-this, the rounded bulbous shape of'the fastener produces vasur-" face of small tapered area which causes the fastener to be protruded into the carpet or rug, through which itspresence is more or less prominent, and this. feature also causes the fastener to soon wear a hole through the carpet or rug. 7

My improved fastener, constructed as. herein illustrated. and described, obviates, the. conditions above mentioned, and the up- I per member of the fastener is caused to rest entirely on the under member at-comparatively small points .or lines of contact, so that there is little liability of accumulation of dust or dirt to prevent the ready opera- June 18,,

'tion of the fastener. The upper surface of the fasteneris provided with a substantial bearing surf-ace to rest against the rug or carpet, this upper surface being formed flat, and there is therefore no reduced surface atthe extreme top to cause the fastener to be. protruded into the material or rug and thus prominently appear on the upper surface, and the element'of wear from this cause is reduced to a minimum.

In the accompanying-drawings the nu-' meral 5' denotes the lower fastener which is provided holes for-nails .6 to secure it to-a-fioor 7 or like surface. This lower member has a recessfor a fastening ring 8, preferably an ekpansibl'e ring, as herein shown this ring recess being located between two] plates 9+-l 0. In my'improved construction oneof these plates is folded-over the edge of the other plate to secure the two plates together,

onmcmmg 'ARMENOUHI A. :DoN'oHIA Specification of Letters Patent. 3 Patented Dec. 6, 1910. Application filed August 4, 1910. serial No. 575,553. I I

of' the carpet member of the with means as preferablythe lower plate belng turned over projectbut a short distance beyond the perlphery of the under member so that little leverage is affordedfor pressure at its outer edge and there is therefore little liability of separation of the members ,by-any pressure which may occur at this point. Tlhis upper member has a stud'l2 projecting into an opening in-the lower member and into-the ring 8 by means of which the two sections of the fastener are held firmly together.

Openings 13 for the'reception of thread i to secure the upper member of thefast en'er to a rug or carpet are, provided.

The conditions necessltatea somewhat exaggerated showing in the drawings and in order to clearly bring out' the construction the metal is shown relatively thicker than it will be underactual conditions, so that the upper member will lie closer-to the floor 7 than appearsfrom the drawing, and the thread l t-will to a great extent'close the space between member.

recess 19 'isformed on the bottom of the under member of the fastener, and the stud l2-is of such lengtthatit will not reach the surface ofthe floor 7. Y From'this construction it will be seen that the upper member rests entirely upon the the/floor and the-'upper lower member andthere is no chance for accumulation of dirt under. the outeredge o fthe upper member. The-roll 15 on. the

lower member affords a rest for the upper I 5 member, on substantiallya line bearmg, so'

that there is-little chance for "dust. to collect a at this point, and the stud 12 "not reaching the surface ofthe floor there islittle' liability"- or collection of dust under the stud'to pre vent'the ready-connection .of the members of the fastener.

an element of wear. The'stu'd12 may be I formed as ani'nt'egra-lxpart of the member 11 and' w'ith great care after the riveting operaprovides'also a roundededge next tofthe'f ;tion the outer surface-of :the'plate ll-cou-ld' be. smoothed oflf' sothat this roughnesswould not appear, and .I contemplate. such a .con-

'- structi'onjin some instances In order, howlever, to avoid s'uchfin shing 1a br,'1n cases. 'where' it may bewell to dispense with it, a

- covering p1ate'l'6 is provided extending-over i {t the upper surface of. the ,"plate 11 --'and rounded about'it-s outer edge -a t117.- This threadtov preventits wear. j As shown. in Fig. 4, When the-p1ate-16 is dispensed with, as outlined ab0ve,flthe.p1ate11 maybe rounded atits edge'as air-18.

-' I I do not limit my. inventionv and the scope of the following claims to the foregoin illustration and description ofythe preferre i form ofdevic'e in which ithas been em-- bodied,- as these may be departed fromto a greater "orlesser extent without avoiding the invention.-

, I cla1m' o'f'-.-the* upper member a friction member located ,W-ith-in'said lo'wer'inember, and an upper member having a stud to beengaged ,by said friction -member,' theedge offsa'id uppermembenjbeing located at a ldi'stancefrom the planeofthe-under'bearing surface c i ,-Witnesses:

2.'A fastener including-'a-lower member having means fori securing Ilt 't0 a surface ."ofthe lower member. s

1! A fastener including a 'lowerfmember. having means to secure it'to'a" surface and a socket for-a stud, said lower memb'er'also having a narrow'bearing for anuppfer mem-s i her, said bearing being located near theedge edge one-of said plates: providing a narrow bear1ng,afr1ct1on memberlocated 111' a re- .ce'ss 'between'theplates, an upper member resting wholly; upon. said" ridge ,and having a stud to be grasped by sa'id'fr iction memher, the outer edgej offs'aid upperv member 1 resting 'atla' distancefrom the plane of the lower bearing: surface of f the lower member.

having 'nieani-s for securing it to a surface A fastener] including "a lower" member ,and a recessfor a friction member, said lower member also, having a narrowbe'arin'g for anupper member, said bearingflbeing located at-a distance from; the center ofsaid member the upper member havin'g a stud to be grasped by" said friction: member, said upper member having its. upper surface par:

-a11e1-..With the lower-bearing surface of. the

lowerlmember and anfouter.projecting'edge.

locatedat a distance" from the plane of said bearing surface. 4. A fastener" includin ,under member also haVinganarroW bearing a lower member hav ng a recess 1n ltsund 1' surface with-an.

'. for an upper member, a friction member held lower member, an upper member having astud tof' be grasped by. saidfrictionmember, said upper member restihg Whollynpon 'thenar'row bearing of the lower member with" its projectingedge located ata' distance'gafrom' the plane of the bearing.

surface ofthlqw'er member,"'the end of'said stud resting in sa-id'reces's ahove-the'surfacc.

of the fio or' when the parts are in. engagement.

' 5.;A'faste'ner'includingtwo members. one

having'm'eans for securing it to a surface and one of said members having a socket for. a friction member-to receive ast'ud from the other member, the Qutered'ge of one'of saidf members projecting but-slightly beyond the periphery of the other-member andsaid edge being located at some/distance from the Plane 9 t ng l Su fa of the thr. tn'iem ber, and thestud projectingjn-t id 'frictlon member.-

LE E,- B RKovIrorrL SAMUEL B; DonoHiA 

